Species Tetrahymena rostrata (Kahl, 1926)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paraglaucoma rostrata Kahl, A. 1926. Neue und wenig bekannte Formen der holotrichen und heterotrichen Ciliaten. Archiv für Protistenkunde 55: 197-438.

Generic Combinations

• Tetrahymena rostrata (Kahl, 1926). —
  Corliss, J. O. 1952. Review of the genus Tetrahymena. Proceedings of the Society of Protozoologists 3: 3

Introduction

Size: not recorded

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, marine, moss, soil dweller, symbiotic (host(s): Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 [SALMONIDAE] Atlantic Salmon (fin, tail); Maccullochella peeli (Mitchell, 1838) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Murray Cod (syn. Acerina peeli; skin, gills); Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Golden Perch, Callop, Yellow-belly (syn. Plectroplites ambiguus; skin, gills); Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) [TERAPONIDAE] Silver Perch, Tcheri (skin, gills)).

General References

Blatterer, H. & Foissner, W. 1988. Beitrag zur terricolen Ciliatenfauna (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Australiens. Stapfia 17: 1-84

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

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